Toddler bed troubles? WWYD..

Back on the 4th, we moved our son from his crib, to an awesome race car toddler bed, and he LOVES it. Normally he does SO great. He sleeps all night, and goes down for naps without a problem.

Well, latley, within the past week, his new thing, is getting up, taking his pillow and blankets, and sleeping on the floor. He doesn't cry, or get upset, or try to leave his room...he WANTS to sleep, but..on the floor. If we put him back in his bed, he'll stay for 5-10 min, then get back up to resume position...on the floor.

What do I do? The other night, after getting up to move him three times, I said forget it, and I let him sleep on the floor. It was 1am, and I was exhausted.

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My son will sleep on floor/carpet as well as move mattress on to floor. I say let 'em. I think eventually they will want to sleep in their beds. We are actually moving to a twin soon since my son is the Hulk and likes to drag his bed around the room!

So the only issue is that he moves to the floor, then falls asleep there?

Man. I would pay good cash money to have a child whose only sleep "trouble" is moving quietly from his own bed to the floor. My daughter actually slept through the night for TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW for the first time since June and I'm nearly doing cartwheels.

In summary: this seems like a non-issue to me. As long as he seems comfortable and he's got his blankets so he's warm enough, I think he's fine. Enjoy your uninterrupted sleep!

DS does this sometimes too. He will lay on the floor next to the door (there's a gate to keep him from wandering around). He doesn't cry, just goes over there and goes to sleep. We leave him there unless we need to close his door because we are being noisy. I usually wait until he is asleep and then put him back in bed. If he kept getting up, then I would just leave him.

My guys have been doing this for the last 6 months (since we moved the first one into a toddler bed). My only rule is they cannot block the door. Last night I did put them both back in bed (because they were blocking the door), but at least one of them ended up back on the floor again!

He's done it a couple more times since wirting this post, and we've just let him, then moved him back when he was sound asleep. And, I def count my blessings- he's a GREAT little sleeper, just can't seem to keep him in one place. One night, we were sure he was sleep walking/talking. When my husband went in his room to put him back to bed- he was saying "McQueen!!! McQueen!" from Cars, LOL!